Product Description

Harness the power of Paint Shop Pro Photo and discover all the fun and practical techniques you can use to perfect your photographs and create dynamic graphic elements. "Picture Yourself Learning Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2" introduces you to the tools you need to correct and enhance photographs, beginning with the basics of working with toolbars, palettes, and rulers, and setting up your Paint Shop Pro Photo preferences. Once you are acquainted with the basic tools, you’ll learn how to use layers to make brightness, hue, and color contrast adjustments; how resolution applies to your monitor, your images, and your prints; and how to use the various file and output functions. In addition to numerous retouching and repairing techniques, you’ll discover how to use special effects to turn your photographs into works of art and create digital scrapbook pages and 3D images. In addition to the step-by-step instructions, tips, and notes, you’ll find a glossary to help you define terms that are new to you, as well as appendixes featuring Paint Shop Pro Photo keyboard shortcuts and useful additional resources. Get ready to create beautiful scrapbook pages, panoramas, framed photographs, and more with "Picture Yourself Learning Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2."

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #58877 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-07
• Released on: 2008-02-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 416 pages

About the Author
Diane Koers owns and operates All Business Service, a software training and consulting business formed in 1988 that services the central Indiana area. Her area of expertise has long been in the word-processing, spreadsheet and graphics area of computing as well as providing training and support for Peachtree Accounting Software. Diane's authoring experience includes over forty books on topics such as PC Security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Works, WordPerfect, Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop Elements, Lotus SmartSuite, Quicken, Microsoft Money and Peachtree Accounting, many of which have been translated into other languages such as Dutch, French, Bulgarian, Spanish and Greek. She has also developed and written numerous training manuals for her clients.

Customer Reviews

A Remarkably Good Book
I have only just received this book and have done no more than sample it. However, already I could not be more pleased with it. Having been using Paint Shop Pro for many years, I had a nagging feeling that I should be able to do more. For example, I was using layers, but only by trial and error, or by instinct. I felt that perhaps I wasn't uncovering all of PSP's potential. Also, Mask Layers were a mystery to me but I seemed to be managing without them by selective copying and pasting.
Recently, I obtained a set of textures. At the same time I saw some wonderful work by other photographers that used textures creatively. Technically, I was unable to unlock the effects as well as they could. (Artistically, I might or might not be their equal.) I was playing with the idea of buying Photoshop Elements while saving for Photoshop proper, but then happened to read a review of each of those products. Photoshop CS4 is, of course, superb, but very expensive. The review of Photoshop Elements 8 actually referred to PaintShop Pro Photo X2 and came out favourably on the side of PSP X2.
So, I bought this book to see what I was missing. I already see that I was using much but also overlooking much. PSP X2 is so rich in features that I'm now inclined to forgive the cussedness of the way in which its program is coded and the annoying nature of its management and support.
This book is superbly illustrated, the subects are described clearly and the instructions are supported by easy to understand step-by-step exercises so that one can read, see and do. The book also includes what looks like a very good chapter on digital scrapbooking but I will read that later, scrapbooking not being my thing (yet). And yes, how to do 3-D images really is described, and (LOL) it works, - in an amusing way which I will imitate.
Not only have the mysteries, features and techniques of layers been uncovered for me by this book but it has also revealed characteristics of basic controls that I hadn't noticed. I am so enthralled and refreshed that I'm going to swallow any pride of years-of-use and start from the beginning, with all the humility of a beginner, and work through the book from start to end. I know that I will learn from each and every chapter.
If you have PaintShop Pro Photo X2, I urge you to buy this book. It's better than any manual that could have come with the software. It's both informative and entertaining and will lead you to enjoy PSP X2 to the fullest.

(Oh, and I forgot to mention, the CD that comes with the book contains lots of useful, creative and entertaining little goodies.)